Aquidneck Island Robotics

Vex Team 78A Division Finalist

jrcasey — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 02:22:49 +0000

Vex team 78A seeded 8th out of 99 teams in the high school Science Division of the Vex World Championship. They were selected by the #6 seeded team, 3086Z Cheese from Maryland, and partnered with 2201B of Deportes de San Juan-Rookie HS.

The alliance made it through the quarter-finals and the semi-finals. Their alliance then lost in the division finals.

This was a great success and a great rookie season for our Vex teams. Thank you to all who helped and supported them!

AIR Strike wins Engineering Inspiration Award

jrcasey — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 21:49:14 +0000

AIR Strike won the Engineering Inspiration Award at the Boston Regional. This award recognizes teams for inspiring their local community in the areas of science, math, engineering, and technology. Winning this award qualifies them to attend the World Championship in St. Louis.

Chilis Fundraiser

jrcasey — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 02:13:33 +0000

Sunday, March 4, through Wednesday, march 7, the Chili’s in Middletown is offering us 10% of their sales. Just bring in the coupon linked to in this post and give it to your server. 10% of the bill will be donated to AIR4H.

Please print out the coupons and pass them out to everyone you know. This is an easy way for s to raise some funds as well as interact with one of our local businesses.

Chilis Fundraiser Coupon

If you have any questions please contact Mike DeSousa at Mike@air4h.org

Team 78 Featured on FIRST Website

jrcasey — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:12:20 +0000

Team 78′s 2010 robot is featured on one of the FIRST Championship pages. You can check it out at the following link.

http://www.firstchampionshiphousing.com/Championship/OverviewofFIRST2012ChampionshipEvent.aspx

FTC Rhode Island Regional Results

jrcasey — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:09:00 +0000

On Saturday, February 4, 2012, Aquidneck Island Robotics, FIRST Tech Challenge Teams #121, International Harvester and #4497, Burnout competed against 30 other teams at New England Technology Automotive in Warwick, RI for an opportunity to attend the FIRST World Championships in St. Louis, MO in April. At the end of qualification rounds, Team #4497 was the No. 1 seed and Team #121 was the No. 13 seed. Team #4497 selected Team #121 and Team # 3909, Toll Gate High School’s, Techno Titans. They proceeded to win their semi-final round and moved into the finals against Burrillville’s Team #154, Renegade and Mt. Hope’s Team #4531, Taz and Team #652, Shoeshine and were defeated 2-0. They were awarded the second place “Finalist Alliance Award. Team #4497 was also awarded the Innovation Award for “Thinking outside the box”. Congratulations to both teams for demonstrating “Gracious Professionalism” and courtesy throughout the day.

Meeting location change – Monday January 23, 2012

Rick Blight — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:41:45 +0000

Monday night’s FRC meeting will be held at Building 2 from 6-830.

General Meeting: 30 Nov 2011

kreilly — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 03:23:21 +0000

AIR Meeting 11-30-2011

FRC Update 12/1/11

jmenassa — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:18:44 +0000

Everyone,

Thanks to everyone who came to tonight’s safety training. It was a big success! For anyone who was not able to make it, you will have an opportunity to take the training at one of our first build season meetings.

Our next meetings are next week on Wednesday or Thursday from 7-8. These meetings are for parents/guardians/volunteers. Youth members are also encouraged to come. More details will be provided next week.

Currently we have 31 youth members signed up for our FRC team. We still have availability for more members to join so if you have friends that might be interested please refer them to me.

We are still looking for additional sponsors to support our team. If you have any contacts please speak with them or refer them to me. Remember, funds that you raise from sponsors can also benefit your youth member travel fund.

We still have one ticket available for the founders reception in NH on January 6th. If you are interested please contact me by tomorrow (Friday).

A few of us are going to jcpenney in Westerly tomorrow for a small demo with the robot. The demo will be at 530pm so if you are in the area or interested in coming please contact me and meet us there.

FRC Update 11/28/11

jmenassa — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:22:23 +0000

Please remember that we have a safety training on this Thursday from 530PM-730PM at Building 80.

Also, I am still looking for support for a demo at the jcpenney in Westerly on this Friday evening. I am still working out the details and really would like to see more support from all of you. If anyone would like to come please contact me. Also, if any parents want to drive kids and/or have a truck with a cap or SUV that could transport the robot that would be really helpful.

VRC Update 11/23/11

Rick Blight — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:41:05 +0000

The Pembroke Academy competition is on Saturday December 3. Those carpooling will leave from Portsmouth High School at 5:45 AM. Members should check their email for ride information.

We have just one more build meeting before the Pembroke competition. This meeting is on Monday November 28 from 6pm to 9pm in Building 80. Please note that the meeting previously scheduled on Wednesday 11/30 has been cancelled. On Thursday December 1 at 7:30 pm, coaches will pack up robots and accessories for competition. This follows the FRC meeting which most of you will be attending.

Finally, team 78A competed in an event in New Canaan, Connecticut this past weekend. The team went undefeated the entire day, seeded #1, and went on to win the competition. Besides winning the competition, the team impressed judges with their robot and engineering notebook earning the team the Design Award. 78A was also awarded the prestigious Excellence Award for having a competitive robot and being a model team. These awards qualified 78A for the US National Championship as well as the World Championship.

Although 78B/C did not compete at this competition, I am currently working on a plan for all 78 VRC teams to compete at another local competition in mid-January. When I have more information, I will share it with the teams.